JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Grand Forks Air Force Base (319th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: A Short History of Integration in the U.S. Armed Forces Introduction: With the events that have taken place during 2020, it is important to look back over the events that have been pivotal in breaking down racial barriers. This discussion will investigate the numerous examples of black military service, with black Americans fighting in every U  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Feb. 24 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2021: A New Jersey nurse today admitted her role in a multimillion-dollar compounding fraud scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Jennifer Nash, 51, of River Vale, New Jersey, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez to an information charging her with conspiracy to commit health care   more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Shawn Morris 99th Readiness Division The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may have slowed Sgt. Veronica Ygarza down, but she is not going to let it stop her. Ygarza joined seven of her fellow Army Reserve Soldiers in the 99th Readiness Division's FY21 Best Warrior Competition Train-Up Feb. 22-26 at division headquarters here. "It's very exciting because, with the whole CO  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 22, 2021, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in New York - Second Quarter 2020": From March 2020 to June 2020, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in New York were 292,303, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 1,980,764, the U.S. Bureau of Lab  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release on Feb. 23, 2021: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a consent order on February 19, 2021, resolving CFTC charges that Ron Eibschutz, a former energy broker and New Jersey resident, sought and obtained disclosures of material nonpublic information from two former employees of the New York Me  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following news release: On February 24th, Commissioner Daniel B. Maffei visited the Port of New York and New Jersey for a meeting with Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) staff and a tour of the Port Newark Container Terminal (PNCT). Commissioner Maffei met with executives from the PANYNJ for Port Newark Container Terminal and toured PNCT to see how the facility is responding to congestion issues that are plaguing  more

MCGUIRE AFB, New Jersey, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force's 514th Air Mobility Wing issued the following news on Feb. 25, 2021: By SSgt. Sean M. Evans 514th Air Mobility Wing Just over a year after the United States declared a public health emergency due to the COVID-19 outbreak, vaccine distribution is in full swing. Under the direction of Col. Thomas Pemberton, 514th Air Mobility Wing commander, the Freedom Wing is ensuring its Airmen are included among those gaining this added protection agai  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2021: A New Jersey man pleaded guilty today to his role in conspiring with members of a white supremacist hate group to threaten and intimidate African Americans and Jewish Americans by vandalizing minority-owned properties throughout the country in September 2019. Richard Tobin, 19, of Brooklawn, pleaded guilty to an information charging him with conspiracy against rights. U.S. District Court J  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 27 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2021: A Camden County man today admitted his role in conspiring with members of a white supremacist hate group to threaten and intimidate African Americans and Jewish Americans by vandalizing minority-owned properties throughout the country in September 2019, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Richard Tobin, 19, of Brooklawn, New   more

WEST TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 26 -- The Delaware River Basin Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2021: The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) today approved a final rule prohibiting high volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) in the Basin. In a separate action, the Commissioners directed the executive director to propose amendments to update the Commission's rules concerning importation of wastewater from outside the basin and exportation of basin waters. The first action   more